Awsome Car, Even With An Auto Tranny. 2.0 L4 Just Plain Rocks —
Interior is beautiful, car is super reliable, styling is very nice. Engine has a lot of torque at any rpm (including low), which makes it a better engine than the already great 1.8 l4 of the previous generations.No rust problem, NOTHING on it broke in over 6 years owning it, with the exception of a stupid anti-pollution device, the egr valve.

Pros:
Everything

Cons:
Car is addictive and you'll find yourself revving it all the time (which doesn't help fuel consumption hehe).

Fun Yet Practical Car —
This car isn't the most exciting of vehicles yet has great performance for a
sedan. It looks fairly sporty and drives wonderfully. The Protege is a very
practical car, getting good gas mileage and having adequate room for four
people plus their things, yet it holds its own when you want to be a little sporty.
A very good car for every day use, or just to go out and enjoy a drive.
Overall, it is very low cost for maintaining the vehicle. Especially with an
average 30 MPG. I've had a few things that have needed to be replaced, but
nothing more then what you'd expect with maintaining a vehicle. I'd definitely
say this is a good one and lives up to Mazda's fun and "Zoom-Zoom" nature.

Pros:
Pretty much everything.

Cons:
The gear ratio runs the RPM's a little high for my taste when driving at highway speeds. Still gets great gas mileage though. So not too much to complain about

Reviews From Other Years

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Great!By dash147

I love my Mazda. I also have a 2001 (LX) too that just keeps going and going and going - and it's at 230000 miles at the very least! And it's like a tank. Got into a slight accident and it took it lik...
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An Excellant Car And Fun To Drive. It Has Power,acceleration And Good Braking Power.By Mazda544

This car is fun to drive, it has power.Other than normal maintenance it does not cost
me a lot of money to maintain .
Had MAZDA come with a solid wheel hubcaps, and uses 87 octane gas, I would
give th...
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Love This Car!!By Schus8507

blind spots are a minimal worry, proformance is better than expected, car looks great!, all and all... this car is the best purchas i've made since college classes. i would highly recomend this car to...
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Great acceleration, braking is okay, handling is amazing. Build quality is pretty good except the weak spots in the body where it tends to rust. Fortunately this protege has had very little rust poke ...
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The 2000 Mazda Protege' tan was about as boring a car can get. I bought it brand new with 5 speed manual transmission. My personality and lifestyle at the time was very conservative and it was proba...
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Ford Escort With A Mazda Symbol On It.By Mark

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Bottom Line For The Moneys Worth This Is A Great Car For Any Beginner Driver By Gary

performance 1.8l engine that can be easily modded to suit anybody's needs.
acceleration is a bit slow at first but can be changed through performance add ons.
breaking and handling was designed to t...
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Good RideBy spnorman

If you want a good car for basic transportation with low maintenance and operation costs, this is the answer. Good room inside and decent performance. Good mileage. Fun to drive. The car will keep...
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PerfectBy Joelle

l love evrything hate nothing
everything is great about this car except the horn sounds like a ladybug my kids say..
this is the perfect car for your growing family and also as a first car for the k...
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